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Today’s Senate vote is an important first step toward unifying Democrats against the escalating violence carried out by ICE and Border Patrol in our communities. Republicans don’t have the votes to jam through this toxic DHS bill.

npr.orgSenate fails to advance spending bills as Democrats push for DHS reformsSenators blocked a package of six spending bills that includes funding for the Department of Homeland Security as Democrats continue to push for reforms to immigration enforcement.

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If Americans want to abolish ICE they will have to do it themselves because Democrrats are feckless weaklings who will settly for reforms. That only gives the impression that somehting has been done when settling for reforms will only perpetuate the ongoing crimes of the state against the people

Thank God! I know they can’t hold it off forever so we need to demand specific reforms and accountability and not let leaders off the hook for wimpy non solutions like they did during the last shut down!

Even if they get what they are asking for in a news DHS funding bill, what mechanism will there be for enforcement? Making new rules when they don't follow the old ones seems unlikely to change anything.

The obvious path forward is to pull DHS out of the broader appropriations package, pass the remaining five bills, and get to work totally remaking the DHS bill to stop this terror and lawlessness. Republicans need to come to the table.

And Democrats must ensure they do not settle for anything less than ending the reckless operation in Minnesota and pulling ICE and Border Patrol out of Minneapolis and the rest of our communities, ending family detentions, ending arrests without warrants, and full cooperation…

…with an independent investigation into the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti. We need justice, accountability, and freedom from this oppression. To be extremely clear, any shutdown of any federal agency is due solely to the inaction and cruelty of Republicans.

The famous saying from mass media studies is: "Media doesn't tell you what to think; but it does tell you what to think about." Where is Venezuela? Where is Epstein? Aren't there still people in prison in El Salvador? And isn't there still a war going on in Ukraine?

The GOP has thus far insisted on cutting blank checks to Kristi Noem and Stephen Miller to order goons to kidnap our children and kill people in the streets. Enough. We refuse to be held hostage by this brutality.

Good. The maga clan doesn’t care about deficit when they are in power. They FREELY spend. Little d trump/epstein loves to spend when he’s not using his money & look how he’s grifting to gain his own personal wealth.

PSA: Now is the time to ask your heart, not your head. The head will come later. If you hear explanations or excuses, they are lying. They know what to do.